MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '23 at 19:32
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 703 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$287 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% HP(103C 8557) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 112 Parallax 116 98% 116 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 104 Splatting 96.6 91% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 966 527 558 541 551 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,183 Write 2,193 Mixed 746 SusWrite 612 267% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.1 172% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 931 DQ Mixed 1,014 718% 903 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 277%
Origin Inception TLC830 Pro 2.5in 512GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 477GB free Firmware: T0929A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 443 444 444 444 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 406 Mixed 362 SusWrite 446 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 29.1 132% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 44.8 96% 191 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$65 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 28 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,313x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,051x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,845x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,550x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,385x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,221x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	695x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	764x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	393x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	323x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16